About The Word Hale
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Hale
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What's The Definition Of Hale?
[n] prolific United States writer (1822-1909)
[n] United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938) [n] American Revolutionary soldier hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been"I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country" (1755-1776) [adj] exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again" [v] draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [v] to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hale: cart | coerce | drag | Edward Everett Hale | force | George Ellery Hale | haul | healthy | Nathan Hale | pressure | whole Related Terms | Find terms related to Hale: able-bodied | beefy | bouncing | bunkum | doughty | drag | draggle | draw | fit | flourishing | flush | forceful | forcible | forcy | full-blooded | full-strength | gutsy | gutty | hale and hearty | hard | hard as nails | hardy | haul | healthy | hearty | heave | hefty | husky | in the pink | iron-hard | lug | lusty | mighty | nervy | obstinate | potent | powerful | puissant | pull | red-blooded | right | robust | robustious | robustuous | rude | rugged | sane | snake | sound | stalwart | steely | stout | strapping | strong | strong as brandy | strong as strong | strong-willed | sturdy | take in tow | tow | trail | train | trawl | troll | tug | vigorous | vital | well | wholesome See Also | act | American Revolutionary leader | astronomer | author | bludgeon | bouse | bowse | bring oneself | compel | dragoon | draw | drive | force | move | obligate | oblige | pull | railroad | sandbag | squeeze for | stargazer | steamroll | steamroller | terrorise | terrorize | turn up the heat | turn up the pressure | uranologist | writer Hale In Webster's Dictionary \Hale\ (h[=a]l), a. [Written also {hail}.] [OE. heil, Icel.
heill; akin to E. whole. See {Whole}.]
Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale
body.
Last year we thought him strong and hale. --Swift.
\Hale\, n. Welfare. [Obs.] All heedless of his dearest hale. --Spenser. \Hale\ (h[=a]l or h[add]l; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haled} (h[=a]ld or h[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Haling}.] [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See {Haul}.] To pull; to drag; to haul. See {Haul}. --Chaucer. Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore. --Milton. As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim. --Shelley. |
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